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Re: Eden: It's an Endless World by Endo Hiroki (v18)

Originally Posted by MattC302

I just started reading this. It is really messed up. Good read though.

So tell me...what were your favourite parts of the manga...
For me amongst many things I loved Kenji's story from the beginning til the end...and I just love how Enoah was given spotlight in the end...

But the humor...and even more the sex-related humor...tha was fantastic...French style breakfast was hilarious

Re: Eden: It's an Endless World by Endo Hiroki (v18)

Originally Posted by benelori

So tell me...what were your favourite parts of the manga...
For me amongst many things I loved Kenji's story from the beginning til the end...and I just love how Enoah was given spotlight in the end...

But the humor...and even more the sex-related humor...tha was fantastic...French style breakfast was hilarious

My favorite parts were the down time/slice-of-life stuff. The character interactions during normal circumstances. Elijah's relationship with Helena and Arona. I think the down time is very important and it complements the intense action.

Mana's death BLEW MY MIND! I genuinely felt sick when it happened. I felt dirty and scared. I don't know why, but I was really affected by that scene. When Elijah grabbed her hand and her head fell off....just wow. The children death in general was disturbing to me. When that Mexican boy's little sister got her head blown off by a sniper, I was pretty shocked too. And when the little girl was forced to walk through a mine field in Wycliffe's flashback.

Re: Eden: It's an Endless World by Endo Hiroki (v18)

The reason why Mana's death was unexpected is that I didn't think that the hero has any room for character development...and I think I was right....after her death, the focus shifted on his father, so in the end, as opposed to other tragic and gruesome deaths, Mana's death served no purpose, other than pure shock I guess...

I felt that it was a pointless death, something out of the blue, and I sort of admired the author who had the courage to kill her...because I think that by making me feel that the death was pointless he achieved his goal...because the main theme of the manga is the pointlessness of death...

Re: Eden: It's an Endless World by Endo Hiroki (v18)

The reason why Mana's death was unexpected is that I didn't think that the hero has any room for character development...and I think I was right....after her death, the focus shifted on his father, so in the end, as opposed to other tragic and gruesome deaths, Mana's death served no purpose, other than pure shock I guess...

I felt that it was a pointless death, something out of the blue, and I sort of admired the author who had the courage to kill her...because I think that by making me feel that the death was pointless he achieved his goal...because the main theme of the manga is the pointlessness of death...

Hmm.....I agree with you that death is pointless, especially murder, but Mana's death did impact the story and Elijah, so I wouldn't say her death was pointless in that sense or that it was just for shock value. Elijah's goal for most of the manga was to get his sister back, and when he finally thought he succeeded, he actually failed. People fail in real life. That's why I liked that death scene so much. The mangaka allowed for his protagonist to fail at being the hero.

Also, I don't really agree that Elijah had no development. He definitely had development throughout the course of the manga, and while his development after his sister's death may not have been profound, he definitely changed as a character. He was negatively affected by his sister's death and it caused him to turn into a heroin addict. Not a positive change, but still a change nonetheless. After that, with help, he was able to get over his addiction, and start a family.

On an unrelated note, I just bought volumes 1-13 of this manga and I am really happy to add it to my collection. Now I can only pray that Dark Horse will release the last 5 volumes so I can complete it.